Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

Name: Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cook time: 14 min
Yield: 24 cookies
Ingredients: 12 tbsp butter (melted and cooled slightly); 1 cup packed light brown sugar; 0.5 cup granulated sugar; 1 each egg; 1 each egg yolk; 2 tsp vanilla; 2.25 cup all-purpose flour; 0.5 tsp table salt; 0.5 tsp baking soda; 2 cup semisweet

Mel · melskitchencafe.com · 2008 · Original Recipe

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Ingredients

butter (melted and cooled slightly)(1 1/2 sticks)12 tbsp (170g)

packed light brown sugar1 cup (140g)

granulated sugar0.5 cup (100g)

egg1 each (50g)

egg yolk1 each (18g)

vanilla2 tsp (6g)

all-purpose flour(see note)2.25 cup (281g)

table salt0.5 tsp (2g)

baking soda0.5 tsp (3g)

semisweet2 cup (280g)

Total dough weight1.1kg

Process

Mixing: melted butter
Butter: melted
Eggs: mixed
Bake Temp: 350°F (177°C)
Bake Time: 12-14 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~24 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.9. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.

Percentile Rankings

Where this recipe falls compared to all 621 recipes in the dataset.

Flour:Fat1.65 (61th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.17 (44th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar1.40 (76th percentile)

Egg:Flour0.24 (48th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour0 (4th percentile)

Fat %16.2 (54th percentile)

Sugar %22.9 (69th percentile)

Hydration0.24 (39th percentile)

Bake Temp350 (42th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.65

Flour:Sugar

1.17

Brown:White Sugar

1.40

Egg:Flour

0.24

Chocolate:Flour

Fat %

16.2

Sugar %

22.9

Flour %

26.8

Hydration